United States
The essential nation
Biden pleads the case for Israel, Ukraine—and American leadership
The president will seek up to $100bn in supplemental funding for national security
From tents to hospitals
American states wrestle with how to treat severe mental illness
California wants to lead the way
Roe, your own way
Anti-abortion campaigners try to break their losing streak
Ohio’s ballot initiative is the latest test for how to talk about abortion without scaring voters
Hail McHenry
How the Republican civil war in the House could end
The outcome could be surprisingly pleasant
The empire strikes back
Americans are discovering the joy of a true pint of beer
Call it a “stovepipe” or “19.2oz” if you must
End times
Part of Donald Trump’s base thinks he is fighting a spiritual war
On tour with Michael Flynn, conspiracy mixes with Christian apocalypticism
Lexington
Joe Biden has shown a steady hand in the Gaza crisis
But more severe tests are still to come
Algebra and pistols
One response to school shootings in America: arm the teachers
In Utah, teachers are learning how to properly carry guns into their classrooms
Lexington
Joe Biden should admit Republicans are (partly) right about border security
The witless politics of polarisation is jeopardising support for legal immigration
Southern gerrymandering
It’s OK to gerrymander, as long you discriminate by politics
Courts take up brazen redistricting cases from across the Bible belt
In fine feather
Could feather bowling be the next pickleball?
One Belgian bar in Detroit has kept it alive for a century
The home and foreign fronts
Paralysis in Congress makes America a dysfunctional superpower
Wars in Ukraine and Israel, and the risk of one over Taiwan, test American staying power